Professional Tennis
Andy Murray rolled into the semifinals of the Shenzhen Open on Friday, disposing of Lukas Lacko 6-3, 7-5 to reach the tournament’s final four. He saved four break points to beat the Slovakian in 80 minutes. The Scot has yet to be back in a final since he captured the Wimbledon crown in 2013. He…
The final of the inaugural Dongfeng Motor Wuhan Open is all set and will feature a rematch of this summer’s Wimbledon final. Third-seeded Czech Petra Kvitova will take on sixth-seeded Canadian Eugenie Bouchard for the Wuhan Open crown as well as a spot in the WTA Finals in Singapore. In the semifinals on Friday, Kvitova…
Top-seeded David Ferrer was bounced from the Shenzhen Open in the second-round on Thursday, falling to Serbia’s Viktor Troicki 3-6, 4-6 in a match that lasted a little over an hour. Fresh off a successful campaign on the ATP Challenger Tour, the 28-year-old Serb was taking on Ferrer for the fourth time in his career….
The International Tennis Federation (ITF) held its annual meeting at the Mina A’Salam Hotel in Dubai, India this past week as representatives from all over the world came to discuss the future of the ITF. At the meetings, Asian Tennis Federation President Anil Kumar Khanna proposed the idea of adding a Grand Slam-type event at…
Third-seeded Petra Kvitova followed up her win over fellow Czech Karolina Pliskova on Wednesday with a 6-3, 6-4 victory over another rising star in Caroline Garcia. Kvitova, after battling it out for three-sets versus Pliskova, needed just one hour and 21 minutes to wrap up the straight set win and move into the Wuhan Open…
Another round at the Wuhan Open has brought yet another upset. The top seeds at the inaugural tournament from Wuhan, China continued to fall on Wednesday, this time it was the fourth-seeded Maria Sharapova bowing out in the third-round, as Swiss qualifier Timea Bacsinszky put an end to the Russian’s run with a 7-6(3), 7-5…
While Agnieska Radwanska and Ana Ivanovic’s early exits from the inaugural Wuhan Open highlighted Monday’s action, the upsets continued Tuesday as top-seeded Serena Williams and the second-seeded Simona Halep failed to make it through to the third round. Halep played overnight and drew a tough second-round matchup against rising star Garbine Muguruza. Things looked good…
Maria Sharapova notched another three-set win on Monday, defeating fellow Russian Svetlana Kuznetsova 3-6, 6-2, 6-2 in the second-round of the inaugural Dongfeng Motor Wuhan Open. Sharapova committed 20 unforced errors in the opening frame as Kuznetsova hit a number of remarkable ground strokes that chased Sharapova baseline to baseline. Kuznetsova would take the first…
Ana Ivanovic defeated second-seeded Caroline Wozniacki 6-2, 7-(2) to win the Toray Pan Pacific Open on Sunday. The third-seeded Serbian captured her fourth WTA title of the year, using a dominant first set to upend the U.S. Open finalist from Denmark. With the opening frame all even at 2-2, Ivanovic notched a break point to…
Ana Ivanovic cruised into the Toray Pan Pacific Open semifinals with a 6-3, 6-2 victory over Lucie Safarova on Friday. The win ends a five-match losing streak to Safarova, whom she hadn’t defeated since the 2008 French Open. The Serbian was the aggressor all-match long, attacking the net to put backline pressure on Safarova. Two…